#CBC260#CBC260

#CBC260 is a light, vivid yellow. Relative luminance 0.521; OKLCH L 80.1% C 0.121 H 104.0°. Best body text is #000000 at 11.43:1 contrast (WCAG AA passes).

Color values

HEX	#CBC260
RGB	rgb(203, 194, 96)
HSL	hsl(55, 51%, 59%)
HSV	hsv(55, 53%, 80%)
CMYK	cmyk(0%, 4.4%, 52.7%, 20.4%)
CIE-LAB	lab(77.36, -9.74, 49.79)
CIE-LCH	lch(77.36, 50.73, 101.07°)
OKLab	oklab(80.14% -0.0292 0.117)
OKLCH	oklch(80.14% 0.121 104)
XYZ	xyz(46.0331, 52.1261, 18.7006)
Luminance	0.5212 (WCAG relative)
Temperature	warm
Family	yellow

Closest named colors

Perceptual scales

Shades

Tints

Tones

OKLCH scale

Color harmonies

complementary

#CBC260 #6069CB

analogous

#CB8C60 #CBC260 #9ECB60

triadic

#CBC260 #60CBC2 #C260CB

tetradic

#CBC260 #60CB8C #6069CB #CB609E

square

#CBC260 #60CB8C #6069CB #CB609E

split-complementary

#CBC260 #609ECB #8C60CB

monochromatic

#857E2C #B3A93B #CBC260 #DAD48E #E9E5BC

Accessibility & contrast

On white

1.84

#CBC260 on #FFFFFF

AA ✗AA large ✗AAA ✗

On black

11.43

#CBC260 on #000000

AA ✓AA large ✓AAA ✓

Best text color

#000000 on #CBC260

11.43:1 — WCAG AA (normal text) passes

Contrast matrix

fg \ bg	##CBC260	#FFFFFF	#000000	##000000
##CBC260	1.00	1.84	11.43	11.43
#FFFFFF	1.84	1.00	21.00	21.00
#000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00
##000000	11.43	21.00	1.00	1.00

Color blindness preview

Protanopia (red-blind)

#D1BC57

Deuteranopia (green-blind)

#D4C165

Tritanopia (blue-blind)

#D8B7AC

Achromatopsia (no color)

#BFBFBF

Design tokens & code

CSS

--color: #cbc260;
/* rgb */ color: rgb(203, 194, 96);
/* oklch */ color: oklch(80.1% 0.121 104.0);

Tailwind

colors: {
  custom: {
    50: '#ddd490',
    500: '#cbc260',
    950: '#000000',
  },
}

SCSS

$custom: #cbc260;
$custom-light: #ddd490;
$custom-dark: #000000;

JSON

{
  "hex": "#cbc260",
  "rgb": {
    "r": 203,
    "g": 194,
    "b": 96
  },
  "hsl": {
    "h": 54.953,
    "s": 50.711,
    "l": 58.627
  },
  "oklch": {
    "l": 0.80143,
    "c": 0.12056,
    "h": 104
  },
  "luminance": 0.52125
}

Semantic roles & 50–950 ramp

primary

#CBC260

secondary

#43498C

accent

#59DA4E

background

#FEFEFC

surface

#FCFBF4

border

#D5D4CE

text

#15140D

muted

#84837F

Preview Lab

Preview with #CBC260

Body copy rendered with the generated semantic roles for this colour.

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